How to Take Shelter Against European Headwinds

Europe is facing considerable event risk this week. Here's how to protect yourself using currencies.

Between the European Central Bank'slong-term refinancing operation, Greece's latest rating cut, and more, it's fixing to be a busy week in the euro zone. In fact, Rebecca Patterson, chief markets strategist for J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Institutional, thinks it's a good time to give yourself some protection.

Plans by the ECB and other central banks to inject liquidity are "good news for cyclical assets," Patterson says. "You are probably still biased toward buying dips across cyclical assets."

Still, she told CNBC's Melissa Lee, concerns about Greece and other issues could cast a shadow, and investors who have been building stock positions "want to have protection in case equities pull back."